DELAWARE VALLEY ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 17 



Creek. Reported by F. L. Burns, in the Wil.son Bulletin, No. 

 40, page 109. 



8 mo., 3d, 1902, four near Cobb's Landing, Eastern Shore 

 of Va. 8 mo., 8th, 1902, eight flying in line closely followed 

 (in fact one of the string) by a Great Blue Heron. — F. C. Kirk- 

 wood. 



Captures or reliable records of Ardea candidissima, none. 



Records of Ardea coerulea, prior to 1902. 



8 mo., 1898, one (white plumage) shot in New Jersey, now 

 at Louis Weber's, No. 2518 N. 2d St., Phila., Pa. 



7 mo., 23d, 1899, one (white plumage) seen on the Delaware 

 river below Frenchtown, N. .J., by John D. Carter and Wm. B. 

 Evans. 



During 8th and 9th months, 1899, forty or fifty seen in a 

 swamp near Bristol, Pa., by G. F. Brown. 



Latter part of 8th mo., 1900, abundant at Stone Harbor, 

 N. J.— D. N. McCadden. 



About 1900, two in white plumage shot at Bristol, Pa., 

 now in possession of J. R. Beath, 2241 Frankford Ave., 

 Philadelphia. 



About 1900, two (white) shot at Trenton, N. J., now in pos- 

 session of Edwin C. Axe, 4137 Frankford Ave. 



1901, fifty or sixty seen on Atlantic City meadows, N. J., by 

 responsible people known to \V. H. Werner, Atlantic City, N. J. 



The following are records for 1902: 



Cape May, N. J. First seen during first week in 7th mo. 

 During second week in 8th mo. greatest abundance. One flock 

 of forty or fifty. Probably two hundred seen during daj', unless 

 same flock was seen more than once. Last bird seen 9th mo. 

 29th. The species has been recorded at Cape May in summer 

 for ten years. — H. Walker Hand. 



Tuckerton, N. J. First seen 7th mo., 10th. Disappeared 

 about the last week in 8th mo. Just previoiis to their departure 

 they were very numerous. Forty or fifty seen at one time feed- 

 ing in a salt pond, three or four acres in extent. On 7th mo., 

 14th, one (young) shot. On the 18th, six young shot and two 

 adults. Number secured in all, twenty. — A. H. Jillson. 



